New 1.25GB, 2GB record blocks prove BSV's economic model

700597: Remember that number. It’s the block number of one of BSV’s biggest block yet at almost 1.25GB, but that’s the less important part. The thing that makes block 700597 special is, it’s the first Bitcoin block to earn its processor a higher return in transaction fees (6.33 BSV) than the block subsidy (6.25 BSV). Even in these “early days,” […]

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Thiel's Valar Ventures leads 3rd raise for Bitpanda, at $4.1B valuation

Vienna-based cryptocurrency broker Bitpanda has closed its third major private financing round led by Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures.  Raising $263 million, and drawing in new investments from British billionaire hedge fund manager Alan Howard and REDO Ventures, the company is now valued at $4.1 billion. That’s three times its last valuation at $1.2 billion for its $170 million raise in […]

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Alibaba launches NFT marketplace for copyright trading

Chinese multinational e-commerce firm, Alibaba Group Holding, has launched a new nonfungible tokens (NFTs) marketplace allowing trademark holders to sell tokenized licenses to their intellectual property. The new NFT marketplace, dubbed “Blockchain Digital Copyright and Asset-Trade,” can be accessed via Alibaba’s Auction platform. NFTs launched via the platform will be issued on the “New Copyright Blockchain” — a distributed ledger […]

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Eth2 staking contract ranks as single-largest Ether hodler with $21.5B

The staking contract for the Ethereum 2.0 blockchain is now the single-largest holder of Ether. According to blockchain analytics provider Nansen, the Eth2 staking contract has surpassed Wrapped Ethereum (wETH) to become the single largest holder of ETH. Unlike Ether, Wrapped Ether adheres to the ERC-20 standard, making it the favored representation of ETH among DeFi protocols that use ERC-20 […]

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Ethereum, Bitcoin, Cardano Are Most Popular Cryptocurrencies in Singapore: Study – Featured Bitcoin News

A new study shows that ethereum is the most popular cryptocurrency among more than 4,000 adults surveyed in Singapore. The second-most popular crypto is bitcoin, followed by cardano. Singapore-Based Crypto Investors Prefer Ethereum, Bitcoin, Cardano The new 2021 State of Crypto in Singapore, a joint study by Seedly, Gemini, and Coinmarketcap, was published Monday. It contains a survey of 4,348 […]

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